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Re: Opinions on documenting parms? (long-ish)
From:
"Dr. Ferenc Nagy" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Dr. Ferenc Nagy
Date:
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:20:19 +0100
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I've come across some jobs here that contain something like
>
>         !STREAMX job2
>         parm1
>         ...
>         parmN
>         !...
>
...
My recommendation:
!FILE ANSTEMP=$NEWPASS;REC=<MAXIMAL LENGTH OF PARMS>
!FCOPY FROM=;TO=*ANSTEMP;NEW
!STREAMX JOB <$OLDPASS
PARM1     COMMENT1 BEGINNING A COLUMN 2+MAXIMAL LENGTH OF PARMS
PARM2     COMMENT2
PARM3     COMMENT3
PARM4     COMMENT4
...
PARMN     COMMENTN
:EOD
                                              Frank

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